‘1 Million Climate Jobs’ Conference

To coincide with the release of the third edition of the ‘1 Million Climate Jobs’ booklet the Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union Group is holding it’s yearly conference on Saturday 20th September.

The ‘1 Million Climate jobs’ booklet sets out how we can tackle environmental and economic crises at the same time. Through the creation of jobs that will genuinely reduce greenhouse gas emissions we can meet climate change head on whilst addressing huge social injustice. We all know austerity doesn’t work and that we need action on climate change, this booklet gives us an alternative that ensures a fairer future for all not just the few. Investment in people and our planet, not driven by profiteering.

Key speakers include Kjersti Bartos, Vice-President of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, Fernando Losado from the US Nursing Union, and Philip Pearson, the TUC’s senior officer for energy and climate change. Speakers from NUS and People & Planet will lead a workshop on “Students, Environment and Climate Jobs”.

There will also be Skype links with representatives of the Climate Jobs movement in South Africa and some of the US and British trade unionists who will be on the New York “People’s Climate March” on September 21st – at least 200,000 people are expected to march there. There is a march in solidarity in London too.

There will also be a speaker from the Paris coalition who are preparing mass action and direct action at the UN climate talks in December 2015 and there will be a special session for students. It is being held at London Metropolitan University Tower Building on Holloway Road from 12:00 til 17:00